The Embassy of the Republic of Ireland in Berlin

H.E. Maeve Collins

H.E. Maeve Collins has been serving as the Ambassador of Ireland to the Federal Republic of Germany since August 2024. A career diplomat, she joined Ireland's Department of Foreign Affairs in 1990 and has held several prominent roles both at home and abroad. Ambassador Collins holds degrees from University College Cork, the Honourable Society of King’s Inns in Dublin, the University of Ottawa, and the Institute of Public Administration.

Before her appointment in Berlin, Ambassador Collins served as Director General of the EU Division at the Irish Department of Foreign Affairs. She has extensive experience in multilateral diplomacy, having been Ireland's Deputy Permanent Representative to the European Union in Brussels. In addition to her work with the EU, she was previously Ireland’s Ambassador to Finland and to Vietnam and served as Deputy Head of Delegation at the Delegation of the European Union to Japan.

Throughout her career, Ambassador Collins has represented Ireland in several key diplomatic posts. She has worked in Ireland’s Embassies in Berne and Ottawa, as well as serving as the Deputy Joint Secretary in the British-Irish Intergovernmental Secretariat in Belfast. At Headquarters, she has held roles such as Regional Director of the Asia-Pacific Unit and Joint Director General of the International Fund for Ireland, with a two-year tenure at the Department of Finance further complementing her diverse diplomatic experience.